Fire breaks out at a waterpark under construction at a popular Swedish amusement park

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fire has broken out at a waterpark under construction at one of the Nordic region’s biggest amusement parks, sending a huge plume of black smoke drifting over Goteberg, Sweden’s second-largest city. The blaze on Monday spread across several waterslides at Liseberg park, and police and fire officials could not say whether there were any casualties. Swedish news agency TT said that a nearby hotel and office facilities were evacuated. The waterpark had been scheduled to open sometime this summer and it cost 1.2 billion kronor ($10.6 million), TT reported. Liseberg, in downtown Goteborg, is a popular tourist destination in Sweden.